Any words or phrases that you can't stand?

I see that my current pet hate, uni, or yewni,as it's pronounced, has made a late entry.
And I'll give you 'pop', be it in the oven or going to the shops,etc.
I'm agreeing with all the others too.
Thought of another "moi", unless you really want us to talk in French.

Ignore the line thro' -- technical incompetence !

shortened to 'the lav' Esspee!

Actually, I think Naty is Canadian so North Americans perhaps use bathroom as a pleasant euphemism.

Yet another vote for the sugary ones like “hubby” “hun” plus “lovely lady” .Then there is “literally”. As in “I literally died “. Er...no you didn’t.
Earlier someone criticised “bairns”. Surely that is just regional?

Yes Doodledog it's a euphemism used when a pet dies. I think there is a poem which goes with it.
We are very reluctant to use the direct words like die or death, there are so many expressions used to avoid actually saying it. I always want to smile ( inappropriate I know) when someone says they have 'lost' a relative, very careless.

The recent strong winds have DECIMATED the trees in our woodland. So ONE TENTH of them have been blown down then ?
I also bristle when people preface giving an opinion with "I'm sorry but" -- why apologise for one's point of view ? or should that be POV - oops!

@Naty
You do realise that the correct term is to go to the Lavatory. I imagine that would really “gross you out”.
If you need confirmation of this a quick trip to Buckingham Palace should suffice.

Oh my goodness....where to start...some mentioned already but here goes.....

You guys,
Fur baby/babies
Can I get?
Hun
And for some reason.....partner! Oh that really grates with me.
Partner in what..,crime?

Staycation and Uni.
Can’t abide the phrase, going to uni.

They've got the ""Lurgy" - can someone please tell me what Lurgy stands for?

Does 'going over the rainbow bridge' mean to die? I haven't heard that one before. It sounds like it should be on toddler's TV show, though.

Am I the only one to hate 'uni'? I want to scream when I hear it.

I also loathe hearing women described as 'girls'. It is so patronising. 'The girls in the office', or 'a girl at work' is demeaning, and I don't think you'd hear 'boys' used in the same way. It's as though women never achieve adult status.

Another one is 'less' instead of 'fewer', as in 'six items or less'. Countable nouns should always take 'fewer'.

I laugh at myself for getting so irritated about things like this, as I absolutely recognise that they are unimportant, but I now feel the need to go and lie down in a darkened room .

"Glitz and glamour" ugh

Should have added when I went to pick up medication

I also hate the abbreviations used on gransnet but mainly because it takes me ages to work out what it means

more or less (it is or it isn't)

having a hand put in front of me asked to highfive

leaving prescription in at the chemist and being asked 'did you leave it in earlier' last time I said 'no I didn't leave it in earlier, I just thought I would see if you had it'.

Changing the topic slightly..... people in advertising who make value judgments on my behalf in an attempt to sell me 'stuff'

only £500....
Just the price of a cup of ( shop)coffee a day
The show is absolutely hilarious.
Why do I sit there stony faced then or, perhaps, wincing at the expressions used? F**** used as an adjective does not often make anything more significant or funnier.

Why do we not get a warning that the programme/film includes no sex, violence or swearing? We might then get the meaningful and humorous situations we used to see in the past. I suspect they took a lot more work and inventive genius to produce

Furbaby and going over the rainbow bridge. I recently heard someone on TV telling their dog to "go potty".! Really?

I'm afraid to start as the list would be endless.

I hate being referred to as a ‘guy’, and when out with a group of ladies ‘you guys’.
I asked a waiter a while ago to refer to us as ‘ladies’ - he looked astonished (I won’t say he was ‘gobsmacked’)

Why do people use the word looking instead of hoping. E.G. I'm looking to buying that car - ugh!

Ironically the acronym 'AIBU' gets to me.

Agree with so many of these!
The one I find really irritating is 'absolutely' as an answer/response. Find even politicians and radio 4 presenters can't seem to get through more than one sentence without using it.

Shop assistants or bank clerks who say “Are you all right there?” instead of “Can I help you?”

‘Affect’ used instead of ‘Effect’.

You’s - drives me insane!!!
Get a grip
Hun
Babe
Laters
See/speak later- when there’s no intention that will happen

"Hey" instead of hello or good morning.

May I ask what has happened to the comma? Many journalists write along the lines of, "The colours of the rainbow are red and orange and yellow and green and blue and indigo and violet" instead of using a comma in between. It makes it so clunky - if I'd done this at school my work would have had the teacher's red ink all over it.

We were watching “Endeavour” on Sunday and we’re absolutely amazed to hear one of the characters , being questioned by the police, reply ”is all”. Instead if “that’s all.”
I’m sure this expression wasn’t around in those days!